Houssem Aouar was denied a goal due to a lifted foot against the impeccable Steve Mandanda.

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At Parc OL,

The two Olympiques are treading water in the soft underbelly of Ligue 1 (13th and 15th).

The Lyonnais have not finished wondering how they could not win this Sunday a shock as feeble as one might have feared, after having evolved in the 19th minute of play at 11 against 10 against OM ( 1-1).

Payet, a goal and a red in 20 minutes

OM had not yet seen the surface of Anthony Lopes when Florian Thauvin escaped on his right wing.

His nice service benefited Dimitri Payet, author of a subtle finish (0-1, 16th).

Unseen until then, the Olympian captain was illustrated in the wake with an ugly sole on Léo Dubois, changed from yellow to red after the consultation of the VAR by Stéphanie Frappart (19th).

The first feeling of injustice (wrongly) in the eyes of Marseille players, nine minutes before conceding the equalizer on a penalty from Houssem Aouar following a useless (but real) fault by Alvaro Gonzalez on Melvin Bard (1-1, 28th).

Garcia still as hard as ever

The presence on the bench of Bruno Guimaraes, Memphis Depay, Moussa Dembélé and Rayan Cherki was surprising at kickoff.

After a series of four (sad) unsuccessful matches in a row, Rudi Garcia did not remove the doubts about his ability to revive OL this season.

Even in numerical superiority during three quarters of the match, Lyon failed to take advantage of their unchallenged domination (24 shots at 3 and 61% possession of the ball).

Often without movement, even without idea, his players were also refused two goals from Tino Kadewere (45th, on an offside very little from Karl Toko Ekambi) and Houssem Aouar (76th, for a high foot on Steve Mandanda ).

They even almost went through a nightmarish scenario in the 71st minute.

On a cross from Nemanja Radonjic without any real danger, Thiago Mendes almost deceived his own goalkeeper, Bruno Guimaraes avoiding this ultimate disappointment by intervening on the line.

Mandanda, decisive bulwark

OM are already collectively worrying at 11 since the start of the season.

So at 10, you shouldn't expect miracles.

To scratch an unexpected point this Sunday in view of the scenario at Parc OL, Marseille unsurprisingly had to rely on an impeccable Steve Mandanda.

Thiago Mendes and Melvin Bard in particular came across amazing reflexes from the captain of OM (29th and 65th), who pushes Lyon to already seven points from the podium.

Even if this third place is for the moment occupied by the promoted Lensois, this observation of failure can not be only anecdotal.

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